Donald Robertson

This is partly why he thinks engaging in philosophical dialogue about the most important questions in life, as he puts it, is so important. This provides the best mirror he can imagine for learning about our own soul, our own mind, and coming to know ourselves, knowing our strengths and weaknesses, our limitations, and so on.

There's another technique that he kind of uses, I think, that Professor Grossman has done research on. It might be worth mentioning because I know people are interested in this. Igor Grossman, based on his observations, based on his research, did a study, and there are several studies like this,

There's another technique that he kind of uses, I think, that Professor Grossman has done research on. It might be worth mentioning because I know people are interested in this. Igor Grossman, based on his observations, based on his research, did a study, and there are several studies like this,

There's another technique that he kind of uses, I think, that Professor Grossman has done research on. It might be worth mentioning because I know people are interested in this. Igor Grossman, based on his observations, based on his research, did a study, and there are several studies like this,

where they ask people to keep a journal where they describe they have two groups and one group describes their relationship problems and so on and you know attempting to resolve them in the first person and the other group do the same thing but in the third person so rather than saying you know oh i forgot my wife's birthday and she got really upset with me and i don't know how to make it up to her like i would say donald forgot his wife's birthday and she became really upset with him so in the third person right

where they ask people to keep a journal where they describe they have two groups and one group describes their relationship problems and so on and you know attempting to resolve them in the first person and the other group do the same thing but in the third person so rather than saying you know oh i forgot my wife's birthday and she got really upset with me and i don't know how to make it up to her like i would say donald forgot his wife's birthday and she became really upset with him so in the third person right

where they ask people to keep a journal where they describe they have two groups and one group describes their relationship problems and so on and you know attempting to resolve them in the first person and the other group do the same thing but in the third person so rather than saying you know oh i forgot my wife's birthday and she got really upset with me and i don't know how to make it up to her like i would say donald forgot his wife's birthday and she became really upset with him so in the third person right

As if I'm giving advice to another person, right? And they found, so they said, what happens if you make yourself do this? And they call it distant self-reflection. So by keeping a journal in the third person, they found that people exhibited measurably more wisdom in the advice and the solutions that they came up with for themselves. Now, Socrates does something a bit like that.

As if I'm giving advice to another person, right? And they found, so they said, what happens if you make yourself do this? And they call it distant self-reflection. So by keeping a journal in the third person, they found that people exhibited measurably more wisdom in the advice and the solutions that they came up with for themselves. Now, Socrates does something a bit like that.

As if I'm giving advice to another person, right? And they found, so they said, what happens if you make yourself do this? And they call it distant self-reflection. So by keeping a journal in the third person, they found that people exhibited measurably more wisdom in the advice and the solutions that they came up with for themselves. Now, Socrates does something a bit like that.

He doesn't talk to himself that much in the third person, but usually in the second person. He engages in imaginary or hypothetical dialogues quite a lot. So, for example, he imagines arguing with the laws of Athens at one point in the Critias, and the laws of Athens start criticizing him and questioning him.

He doesn't talk to himself that much in the third person, but usually in the second person. He engages in imaginary or hypothetical dialogues quite a lot. So, for example, he imagines arguing with the laws of Athens at one point in the Critias, and the laws of Athens start criticizing him and questioning him.

He doesn't talk to himself that much in the third person, but usually in the second person. He engages in imaginary or hypothetical dialogues quite a lot. So, for example, he imagines arguing with the laws of Athens at one point in the Critias, and the laws of Athens start criticizing him and questioning him.

So they say he imagines that the laws are saying to him, Socrates, you're contradicting yourself in this way and that way and so on, and you're mistaken about this, right? But that's just an opportunity for him to critique himself in the second person and by name.

So they say he imagines that the laws are saying to him, Socrates, you're contradicting yourself in this way and that way and so on, and you're mistaken about this, right? But that's just an opportunity for him to critique himself in the second person and by name.

So they say he imagines that the laws are saying to him, Socrates, you're contradicting yourself in this way and that way and so on, and you're mistaken about this, right? But that's just an opportunity for him to critique himself in the second person and by name.

So with greater objectivity, basically, and actually recycling some of the skills that he's honed by critiquing other people and applying the Socratic method to them in real life, in the flesh dialogues.

So with greater objectivity, basically, and actually recycling some of the skills that he's honed by critiquing other people and applying the Socratic method to them in real life, in the flesh dialogues.

So with greater objectivity, basically, and actually recycling some of the skills that he's honed by critiquing other people and applying the Socratic method to them in real life, in the flesh dialogues.

Oh, there are many. I mean, I told you he's like Jimi Hendrix, right? So some people might look at Jimi Hendrix and they might think, well, maybe he's not technically the best guitarist that's ever lived. But there's still something kind of really unique about him, right? There's only ever one Jimi Hendrix. There's nobody else really that kind of sounds exactly like him.